Journal created:
on 26 June 2003 (#1143418)
Updated:
on 11 November 2012
Name:
christopher
Location:
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
I grew up in rural SE Arkansas amidst mosquitoes, rice and bean fields, stray dogs, and a great big blue sky. Into that I have projected 10,000 dreams and more than a couple nightmares.
"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."
-Thanks, Janice.
"Freedom is the biggest price."
-Japanese proverb
[As once the winged energy of delight]
As once the winged energy of delight
carried you over childhood's dark abysses,
now beyond your own life build the great
arch of unimagined bridges.
Wonders happen if we can succeed
in passing through the harshest danger;
but only in a bright and purely granted
achievement can we realize the wonder.
To work with Things in the indescribable
relationship is not too hard for us;
the pattern grows more intricate and subtle,
and being swept along is not enough.
Take your practiced powers and stretch them out
until they span the chasm between two
contradictions...For the god
wants to know himself in you.
--R. M. Rilke
Translated by Stephen Mitchell
"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."
-Thanks, Janice.
"Freedom is the biggest price."
-Japanese proverb
[As once the winged energy of delight]
As once the winged energy of delight
carried you over childhood's dark abysses,
now beyond your own life build the great
arch of unimagined bridges.
Wonders happen if we can succeed
in passing through the harshest danger;
but only in a bright and purely granted
achievement can we realize the wonder.
To work with Things in the indescribable
relationship is not too hard for us;
the pattern grows more intricate and subtle,
and being swept along is not enough.
Take your practiced powers and stretch them out
until they span the chasm between two
contradictions...For the god
wants to know himself in you.
--R. M. Rilke
Translated by Stephen Mitchell
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